Pro-Khalistan men target temple; PM to Canada: Cowardly, uphold the law

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the "deliberate attack on a Hindu temple" and "cowardly attempts to intimidate our diplomats". He also asked the Canadian government to "ensure justice and uphold the rule of law".

India has protested "in the strongest terms" through diplomatic channels, calling the allegations "absurd and baseless". 

SC verdicts on Pvt property, UP madrasa law cases today

The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on two issues whether private property would fall within the definition of material resource of the community under Article 39(b) of the Constitution, and on appeals challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict holding the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education Act 2004 "unconstitutional".

Reserving its verdict in the private property matter on May 1, a nine-judge Constitution bench presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud remarked that holding every private resource of an individual as part of the material resource of the community will be "far-fetched" and only scare away investors who may be wary of the level of protection they would get. 

ST Commission to seek report from NTCA on villages' relocation from tiger reserves

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has taken cognisance of representations sent to it against a June advisory of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), asking state forest departments to submit action plans on the relocation of villages from tiger reserves. 

The commission decided to seek a report from NTCA on the relocation issue. 

Further, the commission also decided to seek an action-taken report from the Union Environment Ministry and NTCA on its 2018 recommendations to revise the compensation package offered to villagers voluntarily opting to move out of tiger reserves. 

Naidu plans Dutch gravity canal system in Amravati to check flooding

Using The Netherlands' system of gravity canals and reservoirs at Amaravati, constructing ring roads, and all capital city projects are some of the major decisions that the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) took.

Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) P Narayana said that the World Bank had agreed to release N Chandrababu Naidu 15,000 crore for Amaravati but had asked the state government to execute its flood prevention plans. 

Army successfully conducts patrolling of key points in eastern Ladakh's Depsang

The Indian Army successfully patrolled one of the patrolling points in the Depsang area of eastern Ladakh, days after Indian and Chinese troops completed the disengagement at Depsang and Demchok, the two friction points in the region. 

The patrolling at Demchok began, a day after the completion of the troop disengagement process. 

CHECKING A CONTAGION

The World Health Organisation's (WHO) (in 2024) on the global tuberculosis burden lists positives for India. 

The report acknowledges the progress made by the country in closing the gap between detected and undiagnosed cases in the past eight years. 

In 2023, India was estimated to have had 27 lakh TB cases, of which 25.1 lakh patients were receiving medication.